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Sunday Commentary: We Have a Big Problem with No Clear Answer

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 05, 2023
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Sunday Commentary: We Have a Big Problem with No Clear Answer

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA -This week, the city council approved a statement agains ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA -This week, the city council approved a statement against the police killing of Tyre Nichols in Memphis. UC Davis Chancellor Gary May issued a stateme ...

February 05, 2023
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Council Needs a Stronger Statement on Tyre Nichols

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 30, 2023
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Council Needs a Stronger Statement on Tyre Nichols

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In a lot of ways, the murder of Tyre Nichols is an eas ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In a lot of ways, the murder of Tyre Nichols is an easy case for political leaders. It was egregious. The audio from the incident by itself is dist ...

January 30, 2023
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Two Years after Floyd, President Biden to Advance Historic Executive Order on Police Accountability

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 25, 2022
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Two Years after Floyd, President Biden to Advance Historic Executive Order on Police Accountability

By David M. Greenwald Executive Director Washington, DC – On the two year anniversary of the murder of Ge ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Director Washington, DC – On the two year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, President Biden will sign a historic executive order “to advance effective, account ...

May 25, 2022
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Court Orders Body Cameras Worn in Five Prisons

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|Date: January 10, 2022
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Court Orders Body Cameras Worn in Five Prisons

By Angie D. Gordon In the coming years, perhaps months, officer-worn body cameras will likely become the ...

By Angie D. Gordon In the coming years, perhaps months, officer-worn body cameras will likely become the norm throughout the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). Significant ...

January 10, 2022
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Too Little Too Late – Sac Sheriff Announces Body Cameras Month after Death of Kershawn Geyger

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|Date: February 18, 2021
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Too Little Too Late – Sac Sheriff Announces Body Cameras Month after Death of Kershawn Geyger

By Catherine Pentoney SACRAMENTO – The Sacramento Sheriff’s Department announced this week through their ...

By Catherine Pentoney SACRAMENTO – The Sacramento Sheriff’s Department announced this week through their Facebook account that, effective Feb. 15, 2021, the “specialized units of Gangs, Homeless Outre ...

February 18, 2021
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Guest Commentary: A Tale of Two Body Camera Videos

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|Date: December 28, 2020
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Guest Commentary: A Tale of Two Body Camera Videos

By Chad Marlow - When the police are given the discretion to publicly release favorable body camera foota ...

By Chad Marlow - When the police are given the discretion to publicly release favorable body camera footage but withhold negative footage, police body cameras become nothing more than a police propaga ...

December 28, 2020
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Pivotal Police Reforms Approved By SF Police Commission After 2 1/2 Years

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|Date: October 19, 2020
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Pivotal Police Reforms Approved By SF Police Commission After 2 1/2 Years

By Dylan Ferguson and Layla Mustafa SAN FRANCISCO- The San Francisco Police Commission this last Wednes ...

By Dylan Ferguson and Layla Mustafa SAN FRANCISCO- The San Francisco Police Commission this last Wednesday announced sweeping reform to the SFPD after a two and one-half year negotiation with the Sa ...

October 19, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 23 – Michael Gennaco talks about police accountability

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 20, 2019
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 23 – Michael Gennaco talks about police accountability

Michael Gennaco was hired as the police auditor by the city of Davis in the wake of the Picnic Day incide ...

Michael Gennaco was hired as the police auditor by the city of Davis in the wake of the Picnic Day incident. Mr. Gennaco is a veteran auditor who has reviewed cases and incidents across the nation. Ev ...

December 20, 2019
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Axon Decides to Ban Facial Recognition on Body Cameras

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 29, 2019
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Axon Decides to Ban Facial Recognition on Body Cameras

Axon, a maker of officer-worn body cameras used by many United States police departments, today announced ...

Axon, a maker of officer-worn body cameras used by many United States police departments, today announced that it will not add facial recognition systems to those devices. This announcement comes as t ...

June 29, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Body Cameras Aren’t Having the Impact That Some Expected… But Those People Didn’t Understand Psychology

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 23, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Body Cameras Aren’t Having the Impact That Some Expected… But Those People Didn’t Understand Psychology

In 1991, an amateur video surfaced of police officers badly beating motorist Rodney King in Los Angeles. ...

In 1991, an amateur video surfaced of police officers badly beating motorist Rodney King in Los Angeles. Much of the nation was shocked to see such a display of wanton brutality – but the reality tha ...

June 23, 2019
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Governor Brown Signs Landmark Police Reform Legislation

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|Date: October 01, 2018
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Governor Brown Signs Landmark Police Reform Legislation

California will soon make police misconduct records available to the public and ensure police departments ...

California will soon make police misconduct records available to the public and ensure police departments release of body camera footage of police shootings (Press Release on SB 1421) - Today Governor ...

October 01, 2018
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Late Night Craziness in Legislature – Legislature Passes Several Police Reform Measures at 11th Hour

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|Date: September 01, 2018
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Late Night Craziness in Legislature – Legislature Passes Several Police Reform Measures at 11th Hour

Bills to Open Up Police Officer Records, and Require Release of Body-Cam Footage Pass, Signaling New Era ...

Bills to Open Up Police Officer Records, and Require Release of Body-Cam Footage Pass, Signaling New Era of Transparency and Accountability By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO ...

September 01, 2018
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Analysis: How the Picnic Day Incident Completely Changed the City of Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 28, 2018
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Analysis: How the Picnic Day Incident Completely Changed the City of Davis

We are coming up on the one year anniversary of the resolution of the Picnic Day criminal matter. At tim ...

We are coming up on the one year anniversary of the resolution of the Picnic Day criminal matter. At times, it is easy to overstate the impact of one event – especially one that one is in the middle ...

August 28, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: A Surprising Vote Masks the Importance of Body Camera Changes

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 02, 2018
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Commentary: A Surprising Vote Masks the Importance of Body Camera Changes

No one was really expecting a 3-2 vote Tuesday night on the body-worn camera policy. The council, despit ...

No one was really expecting a 3-2 vote Tuesday night on the body-worn camera policy. The council, despite the 3-2 vote, was fairly united on the issue. They agreed that they did not want to stop the ...

August 02, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Council Split on How to Handle New Body Camera Policy

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 01, 2018
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Council Split on How to Handle New Body Camera Policy

The combination of the city’s Surveillance Technology Ordinance, as well as recommendations from Interim ...

The combination of the city’s Surveillance Technology Ordinance, as well as recommendations from Interim Police Auditor Mike Gennaco, in the wake of the Picnic Day investigation pushed changes to the ...

August 01, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary II: And You Wonder Why Blacks Don’t Think Their Lives Matter?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 15, 2017
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Sunday Commentary II: And You Wonder Why Blacks Don’t Think Their Lives Matter?

The “other thing” I did this weekend was attend the Friday press conference in Sacramento on the shooting ...

The “other thing” I did this weekend was attend the Friday press conference in Sacramento on the shooting of Dazion Flenaugh. (Read the Vanguard article on that here). During the press conference, a ...

January 15, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Should Juries Disregard Testimony of Police Who Fail to Turn On Cameras?

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: December 03, 2016
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Should Juries Disregard Testimony of Police Who Fail to Turn On Cameras?

by Matthew Segal Courts should empower juries to devalue or disregard police testimony when officers fail ...

by Matthew Segal Courts should empower juries to devalue or disregard police testimony when officers fail to turn on their bodycams. Since 2014, at least 14 people have been killed by police officers ...

December 03, 2016
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Justice Watch: Columnist Nails Sac Council on Police Protesters

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 17, 2016
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Justice Watch: Columnist Nails Sac Council on Police Protesters

When people are angry at a public meeting, sometimes the best approach is to sit there and take it rather ...

When people are angry at a public meeting, sometimes the best approach is to sit there and take it rather than trying to lecture people about how to express their outrage. The column by Marcos Breton ...

October 17, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Greater Police Transparency Needed

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 14, 2016
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Commentary: Greater Police Transparency Needed

Across the causeway in Sacramento a contentious city council meeting last night on police reform is eeril ...

Across the causeway in Sacramento a contentious city council meeting last night on police reform is eerily a reminder of the contentious nature of things a decade ago that led to the formation of the ...

October 14, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Justice Watch: A Tale of Two Police Shootings

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 23, 2016
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Justice Watch: A Tale of Two Police Shootings

While there was some frustration expressed in the media about the effectiveness of body worn cameras, it ...

While there was some frustration expressed in the media about the effectiveness of body worn cameras, it is important to understand that videoing police incidents is just one tool and not the answer t ...

September 23, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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